News
ICE Is Searching a Massive Insurance and Medical Bill Database to Find Deportation Targets
The database, called ISO ClaimSearch, is nearly all encompassing and contains details on more than 1.8 billion insurance claims and 58 million medical bills.
Podcast
Podcast: How to Fight Back Against AI Bot Scrapers
The rise of Anubis; ICE's new facial recognition app; and a bunch of articles about LLMs.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: Chatbot 'Addiction' and a Reading List
This week, we discuss wrestling over a good headline, what to read this summer, and Super 8 film.
News
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is using it in the field.
News
Airline-Owned Data Broker Selling Your Flight Info to DHS Finally Registers as a Data Broker
It’s a legal requirement for data brokers to register in the state of California. ARC, the airlines-owned data broker that has been selling your flight information to the government for years, only just registered after being contacted by the office of Senator Ron Wyden.
Flock
Flock Removes States From National Lookup Tool After ICE and Abortion Searches Revealed
Following 404 Media’s reporting and in light of new legislation, automatic license plate reader (ALPR) company Flock has stopped agencies reaching into cameras in California, Illinois, and Virginia.
Podcast
Podcast: This Site Unmasks Cops With Facial Recognition
A tool that uses facial recognition to reveal cops' names, a big and complicated AI ruling, and the AI slop between Iran and Israel.
FOIA Forum
Here's the Video for Our Sixth FOIA Forum: Massive Blue
Here is the video archive for our FOIA Forum where we explained how we got records about Massive Blue, a company selling AI personas to cops.
Behind The Blog
Behind the Blog: The Omnipresence Is the Point
This week, we discuss Deadheads and doxxing sites.
Podcast
Podcast: Airlines Sold Your Flight Data to DHS—And Covered It Up
Airlines selling detailed flight data to DHS; how AI scrapers are hammering open archives; and the casual surveillance relationship between ICE and local cops.
FOIA
California Cops Investigate ‘Immigration Protest’ With AI-Camera System
New data obtained by 404 Media also shows California cops are illegally sharing Flock automatic license plate reader (ALPR) data with other agencies out of state, who in turn are performing searches for ICE.